U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Oil Equipment Services&Distribution and Construction&Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which rose 4.38% or 280.00 points to trade at 6675.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) added 2.91% or 150.00 points to end at 5310.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.18% or 17.20 points to 804.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which fell 6.62% or 33.10 points to trade at 467.30 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 4.40% or 135.00 points to end at 2936.00 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was down 2.91% or 16.20 points to 540.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1321 to 876 and 218 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.55 to $1336.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.76% or 1.47 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.42 to trade at $60.87 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.21% to 1.2695, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.882.
